# My account was closed

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/my-account-was-closed/3565>\
**Category:** Alpaca Account Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/my-account-was-closed/3565 "2020-12-08T19:41:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![charleskiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@charleskiel](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/charleskiel)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/my-account-was-closed/3565/1 "2020-12-08T19:41:51Z")

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## Problem

**Summary**  
I opened my account some time ago, but wasn’t quite ready to move money into it. Now I’m ready, but got a message saying my account was closed, but my paper trading account is still open. Can get my account reopened?

**Paper or Live Tradng?**  
Live